Modeling from a photo

For this example, we are going to start a model from scratch. I like the idea of making something that is fun to look at but still functional. Since one of the things that 3D printer owners seem to be asked to help with on a regular basis is creating awards (I have been asked to make trophies at least a half dozen times), we are going to be modeling a little trophy that you can display on your desk, something similar to what is shown in Figure 6.1:

Figure 6.1 – Final printed trophy

I say that it will look something like this because you will be using your own image for this model. If you do not have a photo to work from, you can copy the image I used from the example file, 3D Printing with SketchUp Chapter 6 – Trophy.skp, in the scene named Reference.

With that, let’s hop into SketchUp for Web and model a trophy! In this chapter, I will be showing the SketchUp Go or SketchUp Pro version of SketchUp for Web...